There are 4 article(s) tagged Robert Spence:

• August 2024

  • Judge rules MPD sergeants can be part of lawsuit

    The lawsuit stems from the department’s decision to create a second lieutenant position, a move that the sergeants say harms their career prospects. 

    By Samuel Hardiman August 02, 2024

• November 2021

  • One Beale lawsuit over minority participation points to larger problems

    The Black-owned multi-family developer who partnered with Carlisle Development on part of the One Beale project and the nearby 7 Vance mixed-use development is taking Carlisle to court as the issue of minority participation in general moves back to the front burner.

    By Bill Dries November 05, 2021

• May 2021

  • Byhalia Pipeline lawsuit continues, against plaintiffs’ wishes

    Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin Johnson has decided to make a ruling on whether a private oil pipeline company can legally seize access to land through eminent domain proceedings, even though the original lawsuits initiating those proceedings have been withdrawn.

    By Blake Fontenay May 15, 2021

• August 2020

  • Investigating ‘The Mess’ : ‘Raped Twice’

    In part two of our investigation into the city's rape kit backlog, aging sexual assault victims contend MPD’s failure to investigate their cases has doubled their trauma.

    Also today: 

    • MPD looks to fix problems in the Sex Crimes Bureau — but not the “bid system”
    • A critic’s perspective
    • A police perspective

    By Marc Perrusquia August 04, 2020